United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area B records
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Records, 1945-1975, of United Textile Workers Union, Southern Region, Area B, consist of correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, and printed materials pertaining to Local 120 (Newberry, S.C.) and its relationship with the Newberry Mills, Inc., and Local 434 (Bluefield, W. Va.) and its dealings with The United Piece Dye Works. Also included is documentation from unsuccessful organizing campaigns at P. Garvan, Inc., Spartanburg, S.C., and at the Lawson United Feldspar and Mineral Company, Spruce Pine, N.C. Both local unions dissolved c.1975.
Dates
- 1945-1975
Creator
- United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area B (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
Oversized Materials stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Historical Note
The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The UTWA became a founding union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1937. As part of the CIO, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a dissident faction of the TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the AFL under its original name, the United Textile Workers of America.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (in 3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
The Records, 1945-1975, of United Textile Workers Union, Southern Region, Area B, consist of correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, and printed materials.
Off-Site Storage
Oversized Materials stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Acquisition Information
Donated by the United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, courtesy of Eugene Heath, December 22, 1977.
Online Availability
The photographs in this collection may have been digitized and are available online at Georgia State University Library Digital Collections.
Separated Materials
During processing photographs were separated to the Southern Labor Archives Photographs Collection finding aid.
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Photographs Collection
- Photograph, Local 120 officers, 1961
Processing Information
Inventoried by Jim Blomeley at the file level, August 9, 1978.
- Baldanzi, George
- Bluefield (W. Va.)
- Labor union locals
- Labor unions -- Organizing
- Lawson United Feldspar and Mineral Company (Spruce Pine, N.C.)
- Newberry (S.C.)
- Newberry Mills (Newberry, S.C.)
- North Carolina
- P. Garvin (Firm : Spartanburg, S.C.)
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg (S.C.)
- Spruce Pine (N.C.)
- Textile workers -- Labor unions
- United Piece Dye Works (Bluefield, W.Va.)
- United Textile Workers of America
- West Virginia
- Whitmire, Roy
Creator
- United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area B (Organization)
- Title
- United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area B:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to Their Records at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgia State University Library
- Date
- 1978
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
100 Decatur St., S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-413-2880
404-413-2881 (Fax)
archives@gsu.edu